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Florida Bill Would Require Daily Law Enforcement Reporting from Collision Repair Shops

March 18, 2025 By CollisionWeek Editor

Legislation mandates crash reports for $5,000+ repairs. Florida association rallies opposition before hearing today. Florida’s collision repair industry is facing a potentially significant new regulatory requirement under the proposed “Lilly Glaubach Act” (SB 92), which is scheduled for a hearing before the Florida Senate Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and General Government today, Tuesday, March […]

Filed Under: Feature Tagged With: Florida, Florida Auto Body Association, legislation

Massachusetts Bill Proposes New Method for Setting Collision Repair Labor Rates

March 17, 2025 By CollisionWeek Editor

Bill would allow collision repair facilities to set labor rates based upon what customers have actually paid for repairs. Massachusetts legislators are considering a bill that seeks to fundamentally change how insurance companies determine labor rates for collision repairs in the Commonwealth. House Bill 1285 (H1285), An Act relative to the calculation of labor rates […]

Filed Under: Feature Tagged With: Labor Rates, legislation, Massachusetts

Safelite Settles Insurance Fraud Allegations for $31 Million in California and Illinois

March 7, 2025 By CollisionWeek Editor

Auto glass company denies all allegations in whistleblower lawsuits. Safelite Group, Inc. have agreed to pay $31 million to settle allegations of insurance fraud in California and Illinois, according to settlement documents released by the law firm representing the whistleblower in the lawsuits. The agreements resolve two qui tam whistleblower lawsuits, filed first in California […]

Filed Under: Feature Tagged With: California, Illinois, Insurance Fraud, Lawsuits, Safelite

Nebraska’s Proposed Collision Repair Parts Legislation Sparks Debate at March 4 Hearing

March 6, 2025 By CollisionWeek Editor

Legislation would require OEM parts for vehicles manufactured in last 36 months, prohibit insurers from making consumers pay the difference for OEM parts. A proposed bill in the Nebraska Legislature that would regulate the use of aftermarket collision parts in vehicle repairs has drawn strong opinions from both collision repair facility operators and insurance representatives. […]

Filed Under: Feature Tagged With: legislation, Nebraska, Non-OEM Parts

Boyd Group Unveils Five-Year Growth Strategy Targeting $5 Billion Revenue

February 28, 2025 By CollisionWeek Editor

Plan calls for increasing market share from 6 to 10% in 2029 of $50 billion collision repair industry. Boyd Group Services Inc. (TSE: BYD) announced an ambitious five-year strategic plan aimed at significantly expanding its market presence and profitability through 2029. The company, which currently holds the second position in the highly fragmented collision repair […]

Filed Under: Feature Tagged With: Boyd Group

REPAIR Act Reintroduced in Congress

February 26, 2025 By CollisionWeek Editor

Latest legislative effort comes amid competing Right to Repair proposal by ASA, SCRS and Alliance for Automotive Innovation. A bipartisan group of lawmakers has reintroduced the “Right to Equitable and Professional Auto Industry Repair” (REPAIR) Act in Congress, reigniting the debate over consumers’ right to repair their vehicles. The legislation, introduced on February 25, comes […]

Filed Under: Feature Tagged With: Alliance for Automotive Innovation, Auto Body Parts Association, Auto Care Association, Automotive Service Association, legislation, MEMA Aftermarket Suppliers, National Federation of Independent Business, Right to Repair, Society of Collision Repair Specialists, Specialty Equipment Market Association

NCOIL Adopts Motor Vehicle Glass Model Act to Combat Fraud and Enhance Consumer Protection

February 25, 2025 By CollisionWeek Editor

The National Council of Insurance Legislators (NCOIL) Property & Casualty Insurance Committee announced it has taken decisive action against what its sponsor says is the growing problem of auto glass repair fraud by adopting the Motor Vehicle Glass Model Act on February 14. Sponsored by Representative Michael Sarge Pollock of Kentucky, the model legislation provides […]

Filed Under: Feature Tagged With: Auto Glass, legislation, Model Bill, National Conference of Insurance Legislators

New Federal Legislative Right to Repair Proposal Announced

February 20, 2025 By CollisionWeek Editor

ASA, Auto Alliance and SCRS propose federal legislation that builds upon their 2023 data sharing agreement. Announcement follows Alliance loss in Massachusetts Right to Repair lawsuit. In a move the supporters say is designed to preserve the competitive landscape of automotive repair and to ensure consumer safety, three major industry organizations, the Automotive Service Association […]

Filed Under: Feature Tagged With: Alliance for Automotive Innovation, Automotive Service Association, legislation, Right to Repair, Society of Collision Repair Specialists

Interview: Rich Harrison, CollisionRight

February 13, 2025 By CollisionWeek Editor

CollisionRight CEO Rich Harrison discusses growth, acquisitions, and the future of collision repair consolidation In a rapidly evolving collision repair industry, CollisionRight, founded in 2020 during the pandemic, continues to expand its footprint, recently acquiring seven Mander Collision and Glass locations in the Milwaukee metropolitan area. This acquisition brings the company’s total number of collision […]

Filed Under: Feature Tagged With: CollisionRight, Interview

Federal Judge Dismisses Vehicle Manufacturer Lawsuit that Sought to Overturn Massachusetts Right to Repair Law Revisions

February 12, 2025 By CollisionWeek Editor

Pivotal lawsuit challenged Massachusetts Data Access law that was approved by voters in 2020. A Federal District Judge in Massachusetts yesterday dismissed the long-pending lawsuit brought by the Alliance for Automotive Innovation, that represents vehicle manufacturers, against Massachusetts’ revised Right to Repair law. The lawsuit, Alliance for Automotive Innovation vs. Andrea Joy Campbell, Attorney General […]

Filed Under: Feature Tagged With: Alliance for Automotive Innovation, Auto Care Association, CAR Coalition, Lawsuits, Massachusetts, Regulations, Right to Repair

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